Rankings

Top neighbourhoods — Worldwide

The best-scoring suburbs by category. 99,458 neighbourhoods ranked. Worldwide overall rankings require at least four evidenced score dimensions.

🌍 All 🇿🇦 ZA 9,327 🇬🇧 UK 42,028 🇺🇸 USA 29,606 🇩🇪 DE 10,813 🇳🇱 NL 7,684

Overall

99,458 ranked

1111	Magonya Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1112	Makgakgatse Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1113	Makonde Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1114	Malamagwa Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1115	Malavuwe Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1116	Mamoratwe Kimberley, North West 13.9% crime	72
1117	Mangold Park Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1118	Mangondi Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1119	Marabastad Welkom, North West	72
1120	Marconi Beam Cape Town, Western Cape 10.4% crime	72
1121	Marlands Ekurhuleni, Gauteng 17.6% crime QoL 75	72
1122	Mianzwi Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1123	Mikro Park Stellenbosch, Western Cape 6.9% crime	72
1124	Miramar Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1125	Moreleta Park Pretoria, Gauteng 6% crime QoL 72	72
1126	Motlhabeng Mahikeng, North West	72
1127	Motsoseng Mahikeng, North West	72
1128	Mount Pleasant Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1129	Mount Vernon Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 7% crime	72
1130	Mukumbani Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1131	Munwe Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1132	Mutshavhawe Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1133	Mutshenzheni Tzaneen, Limpopo	72
1134	Nemato (Nelson Mandela Township) East London, Eastern Cape	72
1135	New Macassar Stellenbosch, Western Cape 15.5% crime	72
1136	Newcastle CBD Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal	72
1137	Ngubela Pietermaritzburg, Free State 5.8% crime	72
1138	Noordhoek Cape Town, Western Cape 10.6% crime	72
1139	North End Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72
1140	Nxuba Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	72

How these rankings are calculated

Rankings are sorted by the metric selected above — overall score, safety, schools or affordability — computed the same way for every suburb in our database, so the ordering reflects the underlying data rather than editorial judgement. Worldwide overall rankings require at least four evidenced dimensions so a thin profile cannot outrank a well-supported one. Country-specific pages retain partial profiles and label them clearly. Each individual metric is scored independently on its own 0-100 scale.

Safety scores for South African suburbs are built from official SAPS crime statistics at police-precinct level, weighted toward violent and property crime categories. International safety scores use the equivalent national source — data.police.uk reports in the UK, BKA and Landeskriminalamt statistics in Germany, and CBS data in the Netherlands.

School scores weigh the number and proximity of nearby primary and secondary schools, drawn from the Department of Basic Education's National Masterlist; affordability compares typical rent against local median household income. Filter by country or province above to compare rankings within a specific region, or open any suburb to see the full seven-dimension breakdown behind its rank.